Top Dog - Oakland Out of Nowhere to WinTennessee has shown improvement to date in pushing Minnesota in the opener and coming from behind to nip Detroit. Oakland, on the other hand, looks like the same old Raiders, making mistakes, taking penalties and ranked last in total defense. This has helped push the Titans from a Pick to -1.5. Still, Tennessee is a work in progress and this is just the kind of game Oakland would play well in and they are 6-0 as road underdogs since last season, with Tennessee 0-7 ATS off a spread winner. Let's make Da Raiders a Top Dog!

Top Dog - Minnesota Has the Right FormulaWhile statistics are important in formulating football picks, it best not to read too much into one game's number. Minnesota had only had 30 yards rushing in win over Green Bay and will not have Adrian Peterson. But again, the Vikings play a certain style and will not give up running the pigskin even against Carolina, plus having defense built perfectly to be road underdogs. Let's not forget the Panthers will also be without James Stewart. With the Vikings 16-3 ATS since last season and 6-0 ATS as road underdogs, have to grab those seven digits.

False Favorite - New Orleans Done in by Weird NFC South VoodooHonestly, really don't understand it, but the NFC South has some real strange occurrences which have gone on for years. This Monday night matchup is one them. New Orleans already had the spirits working again them, being the first team in a decade to lose the game not allowing an offensive touchdown and having 3-0 turnover margin in their favor and still losing. When you look at the Saints and Atlanta, we see two similar teams with potentially explosive offenses and defenses with question marks. With New Orleans a standard three-point home favorite, I find the underdog is 11-3 ATS, which includes five straight winners and I'm not messing with bayou voodoo and making the Saints a false favorite.